Death penalty 2019: Saudi Arabia executed record number of people last year amid decline in global executions - Amnesty International
Added: 22 Apr 2020
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PDST
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This is a news article on the Amnesty International website about the fact that Saudi Arabia executed a record number of people in 2019, despite the fact that there was a global decline in executions.
This article could be used to research information about human rights issues around the world, using many examples, but can also be used to gather more information directly about execution rates in Saudi Arabia as one human rights example.
How it maps to the curriculum
- SC
- Politics & Society
Strand: 6. Human Rights+Responsibilities: Wider World
Strand unit: 2. Argument about Rights: Wider World
Suggestions for use: The resources in this learning path could be used as stimuli for students, with the teacher creating tasks around an essential question, or set of questions. Students could be asked to use the resources included to create; a paragraph response, discursive essay response, voice clip of their response, research of further data on this topic or to critically evaluate the sources, amongst other ideas. Learning Outcomes: 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3,7.5 Topics: Topic 6: Human Rights and responsibilities in Europe and the Wider World. Topic 7: Globalisation and Identity
